Hi,
Just thought I'd chime in here.
I agree that the cost per unit is relatively low for a casting... but look
at the numbers: if you made 500 cylinder heads at $325 ea., that comes out
to > $150k. That's a lot of dough!
Second, you need to look at the other factors. They made many many
Spitfires. It'll be a long time before all those parts are used up... a
long time indeed. And a used Spitfire head costs what - $150?
Now, if you were talking about making a cross flow head like the LeMans
Spitfires used.... but I'll bet you'd be very hard pressed to get enough
people interested to cough up money and wait 6 months to a year to an
unproven untested part... even though it would be a very kool part....
It'd be hard to justify the dollars involved...
I guess that's why some of the 'Mericun classics are so easy to restore. GM
probably made more cars in a day than all TR triumphs were built in total
(over a 30 year span too!). I have to admit that it is funny to go to a
classic car show and have guys with a Camaro tell you haw rare their model
is... "Yeah, this here Z28 is real rare - they made less than 10,000 on 1969."
;-)
Just my $.02 worth.
rml
TR6's
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